Electric-lamp socket.



` R. B. BENJAMIN.

ELECTRIC LAMP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED 002.17, 1904.

949,209. Patented Feb. 15. 1910.

' a citizen of the United States,

, permit access to the Within such outlet boxes, and one to which :asumen ze. BENJAMIN,

sions 3, 3, formed in the bottom and side UNITED srATss-y rrrrnnrv corren.'

or CHICAGO, rumors, alssrorton To BENJAMIN ELECTnIo Manorecrumne COMPANY, or CHICAGO., Immers, A ooRroRATroN or ILLINOIS.

'ELECTRIC-RMP SGEET.

'Patented Feb.'15, 1910. senseo. l

Specification of Letters Patent. Application ned october i7, iso-4. semi No.

are adapted'to enter and pass out of the outlet box at any .of the apertures thus formed. lt is desirable to provide means for securing the lamp socket Within the outlet boit, Whichmay be readily adapted for use with the usual outlet boi; upon the market, and which will occupy the least space possible Within theoutlet box. The lamp socket comprises a porcelain base 4 having a flange 5 to which is secured a skeleton yoke or frame 6 by meansor" screws?, 7- or in any other suitable manner. The socket has the usuel outerrin ga "e the outer lunp Contact, a contact plate 9 going electrically secured thereto in any suitable manner, vas shown in Fig. 2, and carrying-a binding screw l0 for making connection with one of the feed wires. tact plate l1 ils-arranged to engage the 'center contact of the lamp, said contact plate being preferably screw or bolt 12, passing through the base.

To uil whom it 'may concern: lele it known that I, REUBEN B. BENJAMIN, .residing at Chicago, in the county 'of Cook nd State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Electrimllamp Sockets, of Wliicn 'the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reierence bein had tothe accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

'My invention relates to electric lamp sockets, and has for one of its objects the adapting of a lamp socket for use with the usual forms of junction or outlet box now upon the market. y, I

As is Well known, metallic outlet boxes through which the electrical conductors are adapted to pass, are located at frequent in-v tervals during the construction' of buildings, one of said 'outlet boxes being located Wherever it is probable that a light may be needed, at any time in the future, and to Wires for repair purposes. lt is desirable to have a form of socket that can be. readily secured in position ing screw 13, for making connection with the other feedv Wire. that the particular errangement4 of the lamp contacts, or the particular form of the base employed, are not essential to my invention. The binding screws l0 and 13 are mounted Within the porcelain base in order that a protected connection With the feed wires may be made, such an arrangement reventing contact of said feed wires with conductors in the outlet box. Suitable apertures 14 are formed 'close proximity to the binding screws 10 and 13, sa'd apertures preferably having flaring Walls,

Wires may be guided when inserted therein. the connection with the socket can 4be readily made from the front thereof, a small portion ofthe Wires being stripped formed therein, and said loop inserted in the apertures 14, hooked over the bindingscrews l0 and 13, anol's'aid binding screws screwed the proper Wires may lne-readily attached, and e. socket that will leave su cient room for the wires passing through the saine.

The other special features of niyinyention will be 'readily understood from the following' description of the accompanying drawings, wherein l have illustrated en embodiment of my invention, and in Whichy Figure l is a sectional View of an'outlet box illustrating one form of my improved arrangement; Fi 2 is a plan-view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a detail View of the skeleton yoke to which the socket is secured.

Referring to the drawings by reference. characters 1n which like reference numerals are used to designate like parte in the several ligures, the usual metallic outlet boxy l, has a metallic cover or lid 2, andthe usual depres- Wulls thereof, said depressions being adapted to be knocked out to form apertures in the box Where desired, in a manner Well known to those familiar with the art.

My improved .means o securing the socket Within the outletxbox may be adapted to an outlet box citany'" size and having any num# ber of saldr1 punched out depressions 3, formed therein. The Wires or conductors purpose ishcd through the front of the socket.

to restupon inturnecl ears or lugs l5, l5 carried by the side Walls of the outlet box, the screws i6, i6 which secure the cover 2 upon the outlet box being//lsocutilized to A consecured 'to the base by the flhe contact'plate ll carries a suitable bind` home. Access to the binding screws for-this- .Th'e skeleton frame onyoke 6 is adaptedl terminal 8 adapted to enlt will be understood t 1e other in .the porcelain base in l as shownA in Fig. 1, whereby the feed to the binding screws?, It will be seen that orcpeeled, a loop 'secure this yoke in position, said screws pass- Y A cured insidethe outlet box to the frontthereof and that sufficient space is lieft between the bottom of the outlet box and the socket, and around the sides of the socket for the passage of such Wires and conductors entering the outlet box as are not used for making; connection with the lamp socket.

aving thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-,'is:

1. In combination, an outlet boX, a cover therefor, a lamp-receptacle, a yoke attached to the front of the lamp-receptacle and arranged to be heid between the cover and the box, and means for clamping the cover to the box.

2. The combination With an outlet box, a cover therefor, a lamp-holding device, a member supporting said lamp-holding device and arranged to be heid between the cover and the box, and means for clamping the cover to the box.

3. The combination with an outlet box,

of `a yoke extending across the open side thereof, a lamp-holding device secured to the inner side of said yoke, a cover for said box arranged to holdl said yoke between itself and the body of the outlet box, said cover having an opening proximate to said lampholding device, and means for clamping saidl cover to said outlet box. y

4, In combination, an outletboX, a 1amp receptacle Within said box, a cover having an opening registering With said reoeptacle, a supporting member Within said box secured to and removable with said receptacle independently of said cover, said supporting member being positioned between said cover and said box, and means for clamping said cover to said box and thereby retaining said supporting member in position.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN B. BENJAMIN.

Witnesses C. B. CAMP, E. OLsEN. 

